Entertaining elephants
Nance, Susan.
Entertaining elephants animal agency and the business of the American circus / [electronic resource] : Susan Nance. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages :) illustrations ; - Animals, history, culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index.
Why elephants in the early republic? -- Becoming an elephant "actor" -- Learning to take direction -- Punishing bull elephants -- Herd management in the gilded age -- Going off script -- Animal cultures lost in the circus, then and now.
9781421408736 1421408732
Circus--History--United States--19th century.
Circus animals--History--United States--19th century.
Animal welfare--History--United States--19th century.
Elephants--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic books.
QL737.P98 / N36 2913
636.088/8
Entertaining elephants animal agency and the business of the American circus / [electronic resource] : Susan Nance. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages :) illustrations ; - Animals, history, culture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index.
Why elephants in the early republic? -- Becoming an elephant "actor" -- Learning to take direction -- Punishing bull elephants -- Herd management in the gilded age -- Going off script -- Animal cultures lost in the circus, then and now.
9781421408736 1421408732
Circus--History--United States--19th century.
Circus animals--History--United States--19th century.
Animal welfare--History--United States--19th century.
Elephants--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic books.
QL737.P98 / N36 2913
636.088/8